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ScottMadden, Inc. announced today that it is the official Industry Partner Sponsor of TransmissionHub's TransForum EAST, a conference that will bring together U.S. transmission professionals from Dec. 4-6, 2012, in Arlington, Virginia to discuss and strategize the political, geographic, technical, regulatory and financial issues facing the eastern region.

Aclara, a leader in Intelligent Infrastructure technologies for utilities and part of the Utility Solutions Group of ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE:ESE), today announces a contract with Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to deploy its best-in-class consumer engagement software platform.

The number of smart meters in place across North American utilities has steadily increased in recent years, reaching penetration of about one in three households, according to Chartwell's new report, Smart Meters 2012.

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced that Tropos Networks, a leading supplier of reliable wireless IP broadband networks for the smart grid which was recently acquired by ABB, will supply KCP&L with a wireless communication network with advanced distribution automation features for KCP&L's SmartGrid Demonstration Program.

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded an order worth around $60 million by American Electric Power (AEP) to replace a 30-year-old HVDC back-to-back converter station in Texas.

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group and a major employer in North Carolina, announced today that it has received the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) listing for its best-selling Terra 51 direct current (DC) fast charger.

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [NYSE: SAI] will perform a distribution system study focused on energy efficiency opportunities in central Washington to examine the potential savings and implications from system improvements.

Con Edison, the utility company that serves 3.3 million customers in New York City and Westchester County, NY, has upgraded its outage map (http://apps.coned.com/stormcenter_external/default.html) to the new Storm Center 3 (SC3) provided by iFactor Consulting.

Southern Rivers Energy (SRE) will install the Sensus FlexNet(TM) utility network as the nucleus for a major technology update to serve the electric cooperative's approximately 15,000 members in its nine-county service territory in central Georgia.

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